This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Politics is briefly put aside as leaders respond to the Auckland shooting tragedy; Plus Labour's law and order policy deluge and who might next lead Labour and National.
Raw Politics examines how our political leaders responded to the highly public tragedy in central Auckland and how long they will be able to refrain from arguing about blame and recriminations.
The Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and party leaders in the House concentrated, correctly, on condolences to those who had lost family in the double killing and shooting of seven others. They explicitly put political arguments over law and order aside for another day. Act's David Seymour couldn't resist setting out what those arguments might be about, but didn't make them, just yet.
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni thanked other parties for their "graciousness" in their speeches to the Government's statement in the House on the shooting.
This week was already sharply focused on law and order, with the Government outlining three waves of criminal justice measures, mainly aimed at young offenders. The Raw Politics panel this week includes Newsroom political reporter Emma Hatton who reports regularly on justice policy.
Later in the podcast we examine who might succeed either Chris Hipkins or Christopher Luxon should they lose the election on October 14, and whether Luxon will ever convince a cohort of National-aligned voters that he is the man for the job.
This week's recommendations from the panel include media coverage of the Christchurch murder case involving a mother killing her three children, an in-depth feature on the life and times of Chris Hipkins, and a story revealing smart water meters have over-charged thousands.
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This week's recommendations:
Emma: The Lauren Dickason trial, the media coverage of which has been widely criticised when it’s actually shining a light on issues of maternal depression amongst other things.
Tim: Audrey Young in the Herald goes way, way. back into the life of Chris Hipkins
Jo: Jonathan Milne’s Newsroom story ’17,000 homes and business overcharged by defective ‘smart’ water meters'
